Garry Dulson

Garry Dulson
Personal information
Full name	Garry Dulson
Date of birth	21 December 1953 (age 70)
Place of birth	Nottingham, England
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
	Nottingham Forest
Senior career*
Years	Team
1974–1978	Port Vale
1978–1980	Crewe Alexandra
	Northwich Victoria
	Stafford Rangers
1981–1982	Boston United
	Eastwood
Total
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Garry Dulson (born 21 December 1953) is an English former footballer. He played 148 league games in a six-year career in the Football League.

A defender, he began his career with Nottingham Forest. He did not play a first-team game for Forest, and so was sold on to Port Vale in November 1974 for a £5,000 fee. He spent four years with the Vale, before he was moved on to Crewe Alexandra in December 1978. He transferred to non-League side Northwich Victoria in 1980, and later played for Stafford Rangers, Boston United, and Eastwood.

Career[edit]

Dulson started his career at Nottingham Forest, before joining Third Division club Port Vale on loan in October 1974, and signing permanently for £5,000 the next month.^[1] He fared poorly in the FA Cup, scoring an own goal in a 2–2 draw with Lincoln City at Vale Park, before getting sent off in the replay at Sincil Bank after punching Dick Krzywicki.^[1] He ended the 1974–75 season with 34 appearances to his name.^[1] Dulson scored his first senior goal on 13 September 1975, in a 3–3 draw with Southend United at Roots Hall; he got his second in a 2–1 win over Rotherham United at Millmoor on 6 March 1976.^[1] He played a total of 34 games in 1975–76.^[1] He lost his first-team place to John Ridley at the start of the 1976–77 season, but after John Ridley picked up an injury Dulson managed to establish himself as David Harris's centre-back partner and picked up the club's Sportsman of the Year trophy, whilst Harris was named as overall Player of the Year.^[3] Dulson bagged his third and final career goal in a 1–1 home draw with Tranmere Rovers on 16 April 1977, and ended the 1976–77 campaign with 29 appearances to his name.^[1] He played 22 games in 1977–78, but manager Roy Sproson was replaced by Bobby Smith in October 1977, and Dulson fell out of the first-team picture.^[1]

He was loaned out to Crewe Alexandra in November 1978, before joining Warwick Rimmer's side permanently the next month.^[1] The "Railwaymen" finished bottom of the Fourth Division in 1978–79, and second-from-bottom in 1979–80 under the stewardship of Tony Waddington.^[1] Dulson moved into non-League football with Alliance Premier League side Northwich Victoria; he later played for Stafford Rangers, Boston United and Eastwood.^[1]

Source:^[4]^[5]

Club	Season	Division	League		FA Cup		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Port Vale	1974–75	Third Division	32	0	2	0	0	0	35	0
	1975–76	Third Division	30	2	1	0	3	0	34	2
	1976–77	Third Division	28	1	0	0	1	0	29	1
	1977–78	Third Division	20	0	2	0	0	0	22	0
	Total		110	3	5	0	4	0	119	3
Crewe Alexandra	1978–79	Fourth Division	29	0	0	0	0	0	29	0
	1979–80	Fourth Division	9	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
	Total		38	0	0	0	0	0	38	0
Boston United	1981–82	Alliance Premier League	29	0	4	0	7	0	40	0
Career total			177	3	9	0	11	0	197	3

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 89. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
^ Rollin, Jack (1980). Rothmans football yearbook. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 146. ISBN 0362020175. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
^ Harper, Chris. Sentinel Football Annual 1977-78. Stoke-on-Trent: The Sentinel. p. 21.
^ Garry Dulson at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
^ "Statistics Season 1981/82". www.bufc.drfox.org.uk. Retrieved 15 February 2023.